Billy Fuccillo gets key to the city by Schenectady Mayor McCarthy

SCHENECTADY -- Car dealer Billy Fuccillo is carrying a whole new kind of key, now.

Mayor Gary McCarthy presented Fuccillo with a key to the city of Schenectady Thursday.

The owner of the Fuccillo automotive group was honored at a celebration at Rivers Casino.

McCarthy thanked Fuccillo for his charitable donations to groups across New York state.

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It's huge! Schenectady mayor will give Billy Fuccillo key to the city

Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy will present Billy Fuccillo with a key to the city tonight at the Rivers Casino & Resort.

According to the Daily Gazette, Fuccillo will be in the area to film commercials. McCarthy told the Gazette the auto dealer is being recognized for his work with a handful of nonprofit organizations. Fuccillo has supported groups that help domestic violence victims, veterans, hunger relief, disability services and more.

Fuccillo owns Fuccillo Automotive Group which has dealerships in Florida and upstate New York, including Syracuse, Watertown, Buffalo, Rochester and the Capital Region.

His famous line in car commercials typically ends with: "It's huge!"

Or, more accurately, "IT'S HUUUUGE-GA!!!"

But did you know that's also what Fuccillo calls his official corporation in paperwork filed with New York State? It's Huge Inc., has its own state ID: 3138034 and date of filing: Dec. 15, 2004. 

Fuccillo began selling cars after graduating Syracuse University in 1979.

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Billy Fuccillo gets very large city award

SCHENECTADY — Leave it to Billy Fuccillo to compare Schenectady to a car brand.

Fuccillo, the ubiquitous owner of Fuccillo Automotive Group and star of TV commercials, was at the Rivers Casino & Resort to film new spots — and receive the key to the city from Mayor Gary McCarthy.

In accepting the honor, Fuccillo compared Schenectady's progress in recent years with the progress of the car brand Kia.

He recalled Kia franchises going from "really bad" 20 years ago to now "No. 1 in initial quality over all franchises" over the last two years.

"It reminded me a lot of Schenectady when I came through Schenectady today," Billy Fuccillo said, adding his trademark phrase. "You're making a HUGE comeback." 

McCarthy handed Billy Fuccillo the key to the city in a brief ceremony, citing Fuccillo's employment and charity work. (The plaque included a large, ceremonial key, not, say, a smaller or equal-in-size car key or fob.)

Speaking to reporters afterward, he also spoke of building work expected in the coming three years at his three Schenectady-area dealerships down Route 5 — Kia, Hyundai and Volkswagen. 

He said he intends to invest likely in excess of $20 million over in that time to rebuild and expand the dealerships, increasing his workforce at the three from about 200 to close to 300.

"I really appreciate this award and I'm really proud of the people that have not only come into my dealerships and purchased cars, but I'm really proud of the way the community here is coming back," Billy Fuccillo said. "It's just unbelievable."

He then made sure to get in one more reference to his very large trademark phrase, saying if he was to phrase it in one word, it would be that. 

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